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dactylic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dactylic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dactylic [ a.]
- Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
2 . Dactylic [ n.]
- A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
- Dactylic meters.

Meaning of 'dactylic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dactylic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or consisting of dactyls
Example in sentence:
  • dactylic meter